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all part of those growing tensions between washington and moscow. erin? >> thanks very much. >>> now, our fifth story out front, the mind of a killer. adam lanza left few clues for investigators as to yes went on a shooting spree, killing 27 people last friday. now a geneticist has been joined to the investigation to try to determine if biology played a role. it is hard to imagine anything else. all of us sit here and try to think about how a human being, even an insane human being could kill innocent children. so a big question is this, are certain people predestined to kill? dr. jim fallon has been studying the brains of murderers for close to 20 years. he joins me now. i appreciate you taking the time of you have studied this exhaustively and you gave us some brain scans. i'm going to put them up for our viewers so we can show people what they're talking about. the differences are pretty stark. as you see on the left, two normal brains. then look at the brains on the right. the psychopathic pattern. that is dramatically different. what are we looking a
all part of those growing tensions between washington and moscow. erin? >> thanks very much. >>> now, our fifth story out front, the mind of a killer. adam lanza left few clues for investigators as to yes went on a shooting spree, killing 27 people last friday. now a geneticist has been joined to the investigation to try to determine if biology played a role. it is hard to imagine anything else. all of us sit here and try to think about how a human being, even an insane human...
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. >>> washington also got to work today on gun control. vice president joe biden convened the task force that will review the nation's gun laws and recommend changes. the president wants concrete proposals in hand by next month. the team will also look at mental health issues, school readiness, even violent video games. sharon chin shows us one bay area group is already hard at work on that front. >> nice gun right there. >> reporter: this customer, who declined to give his name, bought himself a shoot 'em up video game. >> i've played these games, you know, and i don't go up and shoot up schools. >> reporter: they're violent video games that the district attorney urges people to turn in, as part of a weapons buyback program. >> they get into these violent scenarios where people are just killing people and and a young person becomes desensitized totally about what it means to take a life. >> reporter: if you turn in a violent video game, you may get back money. >> i think parents need to be more aware of what their kids are playing. >> rep
. >>> washington also got to work today on gun control. vice president joe biden convened the task force that will review the nation's gun laws and recommend changes. the president wants concrete proposals in hand by next month. the team will also look at mental health issues, school readiness, even violent video games. sharon chin shows us one bay area group is already hard at work on that front. >> nice gun right there. >> reporter: this customer, who declined to give his...
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and not if >> not a washington d.c. we have learned that house republicans have postponed their vote on their own fiscal cliff bill. the mess known as " plan b " reggie it was -- known as plan b. >> that probably means that the republicans to not have enough votes to pass plan b. this is the first voting cast that would avert cuts. this would extend bush era cuts for everybody making $1 million. those making more would have to pay a higher tax brea rate. senator kerry reid is saying that he is not going going to discuss plan b. senator-harry reed is not going to discuss plan b and already president obama is warning that he would have vetoed it. >> we are getting closer and michael you have a sense of humor about this. we have to understand what is happening with the physical let for a really quick synopsis what is planned be and what did they not want to bring it to the floor of the fiscal cliff? >> that was the millionaire tax increase. but that is one of the problems with the bill. problem is that house speaker, peter
and not if >> not a washington d.c. we have learned that house republicans have postponed their vote on their own fiscal cliff bill. the mess known as " plan b " reggie it was -- known as plan b. >> that probably means that the republicans to not have enough votes to pass plan b. this is the first voting cast that would avert cuts. this would extend bush era cuts for everybody making $1 million. those making more would have to pay a higher tax brea rate. senator kerry reid...
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this is not about who's winning and who's losing in washington. this is a big and serious problem that could hit us on january 1st. given the fact that congress has said they're going home for christmas now, boy, that leaves about five or six days to get this done. do you have any hope from people you've talked to or what you're hearing at the white house that we'll get some kind of a deal before the sequestration goes into effect? >> well, obviously, it's tough. i don't have any -- i don't have any inside information that would cause me to say impossible or would cause me to say optimistic, but the calendar is the calendar, so it's tough. the main thing is whether the speaker reorients himself towards solving the problem. and you know, he has a speaker's election on january 3rd. perhaps that's on his mind. but joe started the conversation with a good question, which is how does this help the republican party in the long run? and of course, it doesn't. the country's watching this spectacle, and they're saying this party is a mess. it won't put the
this is not about who's winning and who's losing in washington. this is a big and serious problem that could hit us on january 1st. given the fact that congress has said they're going home for christmas now, boy, that leaves about five or six days to get this done. do you have any hope from people you've talked to or what you're hearing at the white house that we'll get some kind of a deal before the sequestration goes into effect? >> well, obviously, it's tough. i don't have any -- i...
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we go live to washington. the very latest details. >>> and michael phelps' pick for the athlete of the year. this is a surprise. this guy, he never wins anything. good morning. welcome to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it's nice to have you with us. it is early, 5:00 a.m. in the east. the fury of the first winter storm is making holiday travel very difficult if not impossible. today new england is expected to get slammed by that storm. at least seven traffic-related deaths in four states are blamed on this crazy severe weather. as the storm barrelled through the plains and the great lakes, more than a foot of wet, heavy snow fell in parts of iowa and wisconsin. there were hundreds of flights canceled right at the height of the holiday travel, as you very well know. check this out. power lines sparking. look at that. and snapping. >> holy -- wow. >> and the storm's worst, 400,000 power customers in the region had no electricity. that number was down to 133,000 by yesterday af
we go live to washington. the very latest details. >>> and michael phelps' pick for the athlete of the year. this is a surprise. this guy, he never wins anything. good morning. welcome to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it's nice to have you with us. it is early, 5:00 a.m. in the east. the fury of the first winter storm is making holiday travel very difficult if not impossible. today new england is expected to get slammed by that...
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if this is due to the latest is happening in washington. the house of representatives failed to vote on a plan to stop taxes from being raised in january. is juneau the house did not take up the bill last night. >> we did not have a vote for it to pass. it is not the outcome that i wanted. the president's congress has to take action. these cuts will go into effect in 10 days. >> he stated that only god knows. we will follow the latest with the fiscal cliff and the gun control debate. we'll talk with michael is not see it coming up. yaki coming up. m@ >> you are watching the kron 4 morning news. we are taking you out to a the bay area so we can zoom in to see what is going on in your neighborhood. all of the yellow and orange indicates heavy rain from 1 012 novato. it crosses the bridge and it is coming down the east shore freeway. we have been sent heavy rain for quite awhile. heavy rain is developing in san francisco. we have seen rain for the richmond district in the sunshine is pushing his way for portions of downtown. heavy rain is on m
if this is due to the latest is happening in washington. the house of representatives failed to vote on a plan to stop taxes from being raised in january. is juneau the house did not take up the bill last night. >> we did not have a vote for it to pass. it is not the outcome that i wanted. the president's congress has to take action. these cuts will go into effect in 10 days. >> he stated that only god knows. we will follow the latest with the fiscal cliff and the gun control...
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from wednesday's sell-off as traders were optimistic about the prospect of a deal being reached with washington to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> that was a vote of the gop tax bill stalled in the house. here is a look at the the numbers and how the market finished. the dow up 594 is at 13,00311. the nasdaq finishing the day by some six point positive. and the s and p ending the day better than seven and one- half. futures trading for the dow the nasdaq and the s and p are all negative. ahead of the opening bell. >> insragram has abandoned morning in their new service agreement. sparked by news confer concern that there photos appear never taught a. it says it has reverted to a language to a service contract appears was launched in 2010. instagram is owned by facebook and liked to experiment with different types of advertising. it will not as users commission to introduce products only after they're fully developed. >> facebook, meanwhile said it is testing a service that will charge users $1 to guarantee messages they sent to people they are not connected to arrive in those used in boxes, rather t
from wednesday's sell-off as traders were optimistic about the prospect of a deal being reached with washington to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> that was a vote of the gop tax bill stalled in the house. here is a look at the the numbers and how the market finished. the dow up 594 is at 13,00311. the nasdaq finishing the day by some six point positive. and the s and p ending the day better than seven and one- half. futures trading for the dow the nasdaq and the s and p are all negative. ahead...
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happy holidays, washington. for more in depth coverage of the issues, tune into "your money" at saturday at 1:00 and sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. i'm out. 315 horsepower. what's that in reindeer-power? [ laughs ] [ pencil scratches ] [ male announcer ] chevy's giving more. get the best offer of the year -- 0% apr financing for 60 months plus $1,000 holiday bonus cash. plus trade up for an additional $1,000 trade-in allowance. hurry. bonus cash ends january 2nd. starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to h
happy holidays, washington. for more in depth coverage of the issues, tune into "your money" at saturday at 1:00 and sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. i'm out. 315 horsepower. what's that in reindeer-power? [ laughs ] [ pencil scratches ] [ male announcer ] chevy's giving more. get the best offer of the year -- 0% apr financing for 60 months plus $1,000 holiday bonus cash. plus trade up for an additional $1,000 trade-in allowance. hurry. bonus cash ends january 2nd. starts with arthritis...
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certainly not those coming from washington. and there's so much more work to be done in this country, on jobs and income and education and energy, you are a week away from one of the worst tragedies in memory. so we've got work to do on gun safety. a host of other issues. these are all challenges that we can meet. they are all challenges that we have to meet if we want our kids to grow up in an america that's full of opportunity, possibility, as much opportunity and possibility as the america that our parent and grand parent left for us. but we're only going to be able to do it together. we're going to have to find some common ground. and the challenge that we've got right now is that the american people are a lot more sensible and a lot more thoughtful and much more willing to compromise and give and sacrifice and act responsibly than their elected representatives are. and that's a problem. there's a mismatch right now between how everybody else is thinking about these problems, democrats and republicans. outside of this town
certainly not those coming from washington. and there's so much more work to be done in this country, on jobs and income and education and energy, you are a week away from one of the worst tragedies in memory. so we've got work to do on gun safety. a host of other issues. these are all challenges that we can meet. they are all challenges that we have to meet if we want our kids to grow up in an america that's full of opportunity, possibility, as much opportunity and possibility as the america...
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live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama and vice president joe biden will join mourners today at a attribute to sergeant daniel. he die add the age of 88. yesterday the mourners paid their respects inside the capitol. senator inouye who represented ohio for 50 years lost an arm in world war ii and he was considered a war hero. he died on monday of respiratory complications. tomorrow his body will be returned to hawaii. >>> a former marine praised for guarding a school near modesto apparently lied about his service. on monday craig showed up at hughson elementary school in uniform to stand guard. the former marine told the medesto bee he was a sergeant in the marine reserve and deployed to iraq and afghanistan. the marine corp said he never served overseas and discharged as a private after serving mine months. he told mattering corp times he had been misquoted by the medesto bee but the paper accident happened by its story. >>> let's go back to sal. how are we doing on this friday light? >> it is a little bit. we will be looking at some of the commutes
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well i'm john hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. it out of state spends more on defense than the next fifteen closest countries combined she would be cutting military funding instead of the social security benefits that many millions of americans rely on and restoring the minimum wage to its historical level would help create more than sixteen billion dollars in new consumer spending and raising the minimum wage is one of the easiest ways to spur economic growth why are so many people opposed to it. you need to know. the white house says they want to cut social security insurance payments over time using a tricky little technique called the chained c.p.i. instead of actually measuring real inflation this particular consumer price index c.p.i. is chained to consumers' behavior they call it had donek in quality adjustments to make it sound scientific but here's how it works if the price of beef goes up so people start eating cheaper chicken instead and instead of measuring the actual inflation is reflected by the rising cost of meats
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it's friday december twenty first or of him in washington d.c. meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. well it's official we survive the so-called end of the world that is the end of the mayan calendar but while we might have avoided the fireballs and earthquakes the u.s. is still barreling toward economic calamity with relentless fiscal cliff talks and things didn't improve much last night in fact talks moved back to square one when republican speaker john boehner pulled his plan b. bill from the house floor after failing to garner enough votes from his own party now three months ago to the day i sat at this desk and talked about the numerous bills that congress still needed to pass before the year ended so let's check up on our politicians progress. first up a bill to avoid the so-called proverbial fiscal cliff stopping seaquest ration and preventing what is essentially a congress mandated recession as we know from last night the negotiations that have sucked up so much time and effort remain up in the air and what about that the national defense
it's friday december twenty first or of him in washington d.c. meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. well it's official we survive the so-called end of the world that is the end of the mayan calendar but while we might have avoided the fireballs and earthquakes the u.s. is still barreling toward economic calamity with relentless fiscal cliff talks and things didn't improve much last night in fact talks moved back to square one when republican speaker john boehner pulled his plan b. bill from...
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get the app or go to ktvu.com. >> creating blizzarden cans from kansas to washington. it is also creating havoc on holiday travel. flight versus been canceled and it is making a mess including a 30 car pile up many iowa. at least two people were killed. bill martin has been tracking the storm. you are looking at the commute. >> yeah, the commute is messy. it is friday morning. it is a get away and it will rain. you have a wind advisory. so give yourself some time. the system is tracking to the north. i have reports in santa rosa of rain heavy at times. here we are in santa rosa and you can see the showers have ended. there's showers occurring you are just not picking them up. the heaviest rain has been toward st. helensa. the rain showers will continue in the north bay and it will start to work their way south as we get into the evening hours. so i expect to see showersful you have a wet morning commute and you have winds. it has been breezy but the winds ramp up overnight. they're coming from the south. so they're hitting the bridges. you have the issue, last time we
get the app or go to ktvu.com. >> creating blizzarden cans from kansas to washington. it is also creating havoc on holiday travel. flight versus been canceled and it is making a mess including a 30 car pile up many iowa. at least two people were killed. bill martin has been tracking the storm. you are looking at the commute. >> yeah, the commute is messy. it is friday morning. it is a get away and it will rain. you have a wind advisory. so give yourself some time. the system is...
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good afternoon most of the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama promptly says he would veto meanwhile fitch has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call economy no this may all feel like deja vu and maybe it will all turn out fine maybe it won't though where do you want to place your bets we'll talk to the daily reckoning eric brian and joe bowman about their choices was a german study finds paying taxes has a positive impact on a person's subjective well being no word on what the findings would bring in the west but if you are counting on taxation to make you feel like your quality of life is on the up and up state side we'll talk about some other economic options and the opec of maple syrup has been robbed millions of dollars worth of the hot commodity has been stolen from ca
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as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terrorists getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint of vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble may end up straight most people have heard about the southwest canal world war three almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of this west canal and it is a similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes through babel mendez every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in a sense that it could have an adverse impact on economic interests at stake the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen if it didn't hold very specific geo political and strategic you said city or the u.s. i think most i
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the logjam in washington dc. the perception is one step closer to tottering over the fiscal cliff after john boehner failed to rally his troops. canceling the vote on plan b last night, and harry reid making a speech. let's take a look at where we stand with the dow jones industrial down 138 points. we have been down more than 189 points earlier. don't even imagine last night when neil cavuto is like looking at futures, which was plummeting. if it is not as bad as it could've been. but the market is terrible. as we look at what we call the hot button here. we have bank of america and caterpillar. all of that pales in comparison with research in motion. the stock getting taken out to the woodshed. the services business is about 30% of revenue. to be pretty clear about this, research in motion change the pricing model for 2013, and the impression is it the thumbs down. totally different story for investors. the software maker jumping about 4.5% here. better than expected third-quarter numbers. prescription revenues
the logjam in washington dc. the perception is one step closer to tottering over the fiscal cliff after john boehner failed to rally his troops. canceling the vote on plan b last night, and harry reid making a speech. let's take a look at where we stand with the dow jones industrial down 138 points. we have been down more than 189 points earlier. don't even imagine last night when neil cavuto is like looking at futures, which was plummeting. if it is not as bad as it could've been. but the...
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the story on wall street today was washington. the back and forth on the fiscal cliff negotiations sending the markets sharply lower. and so, what do we make of it here, dan? friday afternoon, we're awaiting the president to be joined by senate majority leader harry reid to make a statement on these talks into the weekend. >> in some ways i would say the reaction today, the ultimate reaction ended up being a tad muted in a lot of ways when you think about it. because the overnight lows were down 3%. in the s&p. so we closed down about 1% here and so here's a situation where i think the options market kind of has this a little bit. the six futures curve started ticking up earlier in the week in kind of a precursor to some of the equity weakness we saw today. in a lot of senses a pretty quarterly sellover. >> i agree with that. one of the things we saw in the options market. we've spoken about this many times. there are holidays coming up, if you back the holidays out, we're expecting greater than expected volatility at a time when
the story on wall street today was washington. the back and forth on the fiscal cliff negotiations sending the markets sharply lower. and so, what do we make of it here, dan? friday afternoon, we're awaiting the president to be joined by senate majority leader harry reid to make a statement on these talks into the weekend. >> in some ways i would say the reaction today, the ultimate reaction ended up being a tad muted in a lot of ways when you think about it. because the overnight lows...
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to bomb them as washington see fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade really enough not to mess with that kind of a prop by the united states as often lead to eliminating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interest of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to. ration is sounding the retreat as the cost of conflict become too much to bat in the few minutes we pull from the rush to pull its troops from afghanistan because the bill's pretty indefensible sunt. traps about and we can add said julian assange says his whistle blowing web site is ready to reveal more game changing data next had dressed his supporters and the media that gathered outside the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been and six months. the world's media and a lot of supporters have come out for him this evening also holding a candlelight vigil he called the crowd when he came out a sight for sore eyes and then he mocked his six months in the embassy by talking about it saying that he entered
to bomb them as washington see fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade really enough not to mess with that kind of a prop by the united states as often lead to eliminating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interest of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to. ration is sounding the retreat as the cost of conflict become too much to bat in the few minutes we pull from the...
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>>neil: only in washington. only in washington. thank you all. melissa will break it down further on weekdays at 5:00 p.m. on fox business network. good stuff. catch it. >> they should pay their fair share of taxes. ♪ of what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪ >>neil: you are not santa. it is getting ridiculous. santa back on capitol hill delivering a wheel barrow of gold to republicans who refuse to rise taxes and a deal of pelosi aimed at republicans. >> this is like reverse robin hood taking food from the mouths of babies and seniors to give --. >>neil: you cannot get a deal done when you call each other names. the california democratic congresswoman is a member of the budget committee. congresswoman you do not take cheap shots and people could disagree with you but i think that is out of order and to santa thing is...it is pushing it. >>guest: well, i think that we are in a bad situation. i listened to your earlier guest and i sendly want to go home for christmas but i was more than willing to stay. the only problem is, we rea
>>neil: only in washington. only in washington. thank you all. melissa will break it down further on weekdays at 5:00 p.m. on fox business network. good stuff. catch it. >> they should pay their fair share of taxes. ♪ of what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪ >>neil: you are not santa. it is getting ridiculous. santa back on capitol hill delivering a wheel barrow of gold to republicans who refuse to rise taxes and a deal of pelosi aimed at republicans....
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there is little sign of any holiday good cheer. >> in washington, the fiscal cliff a stalemate remains. >> the latest on the fiscal cliff. >> the ugly phrase that is on everyone's lips, fiscal cliff, is what america could tumble off and 11 days. it means that if the president and congress cannot agree on a plan to sort out finances, there will be automatic savage cuts and brittle tax rises. neither side is budging much. >> it is very hard for them to say yes to me. at some point, they have got to take me out of it and think about their voters. >> four weeks, the white house said that if i move on rates, they would make substantial concessions on spending cuts and entitlement reform. i did my part. they have done nothing. >> it would mean automatic spending cuts worth more than a trillion dollars. taxes for the average household would go up by about three and a half thousand dollars. most economists say the u.s. would be put back into recession and global growth could be halved. the u.s. defense budget alone would face a cut of $500 billion. companies like aircraft manufacturers are ver
there is little sign of any holiday good cheer. >> in washington, the fiscal cliff a stalemate remains. >> the latest on the fiscal cliff. >> the ugly phrase that is on everyone's lips, fiscal cliff, is what america could tumble off and 11 days. it means that if the president and congress cannot agree on a plan to sort out finances, there will be automatic savage cuts and brittle tax rises. neither side is budging much. >> it is very hard for them to say yes to me. at...
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it's friday december twenty first five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our t.v. . well it's that time of the year again time to wrap up the christmas gifts have someone sit on the suitcase so you can get it closed and head to the airport to wait and never ending security lines but two new developments are coming out of the transportation administration this month first up a new government report has painted the agency in a less than favorable light leading some like the washington times to go as far as to say that the t.s.a. is main concern isn't safety but self preservation now the crux of the argument is that the t.s.a. continually refuses to allow airports to hire private security screeners in order to move people through their own lines quicker also out this month the administration has agreed to contract the national. act of sorry excuse me the national academy of sciences to study the public health effects on x. ray scanners and what they do to patients are passengers that is security so senator susan collins an
it's friday december twenty first five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our t.v. . well it's that time of the year again time to wrap up the christmas gifts have someone sit on the suitcase so you can get it closed and head to the airport to wait and never ending security lines but two new developments are coming out of the transportation administration this month first up a new government report has painted the agency in a less than favorable light leading some like...
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william burns is speaking at a senate hearing in washington. three of his staff were killed in the eastern city of benghazi on september 11 of this year. four people have been killed outside a police station. protesters were demanding the release of a man held in connection with a number of recent killings believed to have been assassinations. three u.s. senators are demanding changes to a new movie about osama bin laden. they complain zero dark thirty .s misleading and inaccurate i knew you in report says the conflict has become increasingly sectarian -- a new un reports of the conflict has become increasingly sectarian. >> the opposition fighters are making territorial gains. they have managed to push into hamas as part of the offensive, taking over some villages, but the government continues to fight back, using what the united nations describes as disproportionate force. neither side is winning the war, and the secretary-general believes there is no prospect to the end of the conflict in syria. >> series begins the year in conflict and ends
william burns is speaking at a senate hearing in washington. three of his staff were killed in the eastern city of benghazi on september 11 of this year. four people have been killed outside a police station. protesters were demanding the release of a man held in connection with a number of recent killings believed to have been assassinations. three u.s. senators are demanding changes to a new movie about osama bin laden. they complain zero dark thirty .s misleading and inaccurate i knew you in...
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what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf.org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. we're doing the right here in our great city. i have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. he keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in what are the technologies and what they're doing in san francisco and what the latest discoveries are that we can possibly use to help improve our city. finally, as someone you know, i celebrated my 60th birthday last week. [applause] and my staff gave me an ipad, and is looking at it -
what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use...
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meanwhile, washington also got to work on gun chrome. vice president joe biden held the first meeting of the task force charged with reviewing the country's gun laws and recommending changes. the president wants some concrete proposals in hand by his state of the union address next month. >> the president is absolutely committed to keeping his promise that we will act and we will act in a way that is designed even if he says we could only save one life, we have to take action. >> the focus of the task force goes beyond gun policy. it will also look at mental health issues, emergency response procedures and school readiness. even the media's role in guns and violence. >>> the national rifle association plans a news conference in washington this morning at 7:45 a.m. pacific time. it's going tonight first time that the nra will make officials comments on the connecticut shooting out of a press relief. they opted to wait out of respect for the victims' families. >>> a gun buy-back program was successful. the oakland police department held an
meanwhile, washington also got to work on gun chrome. vice president joe biden held the first meeting of the task force charged with reviewing the country's gun laws and recommending changes. the president wants some concrete proposals in hand by his state of the union address next month. >> the president is absolutely committed to keeping his promise that we will act and we will act in a way that is designed even if he says we could only save one life, we have to take action. >>...
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capitol, washington, d.c. it is a tough business. competition is fierce, and it could get worse if the u.s. were to slip over the fiscal cliff. automatic tax hikes across the board would mean less disposable income for american consumers. >> i think our biggest concerns here are we will not be seeing people purchase as many items as they have in the past. we will see people buy jeans and a top, but they will not buy an additional pair of jeans or a dress on top of that. >> many customers are already pinching pennies. >> it has put a lower ceiling than normal on what we can spend for the holidays, our expenditures for our home, our plans for next year, with trips we may or may not go on. >> but the budget control act leading to the fiscal cliff is about more than just tax hikes. automatic public spending cuts would also take effect, primarily in the defense budget, which could have huge repercussions for the massive u.s. defense industry. and there's more -- investment in the country's aging infrastructure would also have to be cut ba
capitol, washington, d.c. it is a tough business. competition is fierce, and it could get worse if the u.s. were to slip over the fiscal cliff. automatic tax hikes across the board would mean less disposable income for american consumers. >> i think our biggest concerns here are we will not be seeing people purchase as many items as they have in the past. we will see people buy jeans and a top, but they will not buy an additional pair of jeans or a dress on top of that. >> many...
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washington we have a very big problem. not voting on plan b . it must have gone behind the 20 votes that were expected to be lobbed off from speaker boehner's cotroying get that. it makes you wonder how many were part of this avalanche that told the speaker, no way in heck we're going for this. have is the stance we're looking at. it will not be resolved tomorrow. this week. or next week. because remember, you have christmas next week. chances are, knowing these guys as i did do, they will not be keen to work christmas eve, and christmas day, that takes us to next wednesday, only a little more than a week ahead of the government possibly hitting a cliff. are you surprised? not at all. a great tragic comedy, neil, they will keep you in a job for the rest of your life reporting on that. neil: i am not too shocked. i thought this dismissive you, that house leadership had of their rumbling ranks they would swallow this, i didn't see it, a lot of these tea party congressmen, 80 some odd that help propel john boehner to speaker got alleged against hav
washington we have a very big problem. not voting on plan b . it must have gone behind the 20 votes that were expected to be lobbed off from speaker boehner's cotroying get that. it makes you wonder how many were part of this avalanche that told the speaker, no way in heck we're going for this. have is the stance we're looking at. it will not be resolved tomorrow. this week. or next week. because remember, you have christmas next week. chances are, knowing these guys as i did do, they will not...
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organizations the united states will explain you know its definition of who is a legitimate target washington is helping the current yemeni government you know order for it not to fail and to be friendly to the us friendly enough to allow the us to bomb them as washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade route but historically that kind of a prop by the united states has often led to eliminating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interests of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to. you want to go to your business coming up here with dmitri after this quick break. divine power in action i debate. this. because we are under the control of those governing you so we're at the service of a space mafia. i found that the magnetic field of the sun will be. to create the support that just. after the second coming it will be a beautiful place it will receive its glory it will be a renewed world and it will be a beautiful place. the best. little stuff just ammunition.
organizations the united states will explain you know its definition of who is a legitimate target washington is helping the current yemeni government you know order for it not to fail and to be friendly to the us friendly enough to allow the us to bomb them as washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade route but historically that kind of a prop by the united states has often led to eliminating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that...
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square park, friends of washington square park, telegraph hill dwellers, joining the development of the final supplemental seisseir, from 2006 to 2008. during the environmental review period, presentationses were made. comments received, and incorporated into the final environmental document. now, since 2006, the project held 10 community meetings in north beach to inform residents, business owners and organizations of the proposed construction activities. during the project's ten-year planning and development process, other retrieval shaft options along stockton and columbus street right-of-way were evaluate and had presented to the public including the option of removing the tbm from the chinatown station site. the environmental process concluded in 2008 that constructing the retrieval shaft on columbus avenue would cause the least disruption to traffic and public access to locals and businesses. now, that brings us to presentation. four community meeting were held before construction of the north beach retrieval shaft work which started in august of 2012. the presentations of tho
square park, friends of washington square park, telegraph hill dwellers, joining the development of the final supplemental seisseir, from 2006 to 2008. during the environmental review period, presentationses were made. comments received, and incorporated into the final environmental document. now, since 2006, the project held 10 community meetings in north beach to inform residents, business owners and organizations of the proposed construction activities. during the project's ten-year planning...
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to bomb them as washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade. state is i mean creates. a time when the students celebrate their graduation in front of a replica of a mine pyramid those many around the globe brace themselves for the managed end of the world had to be dot com where we've lined up more stories and apocalypse updates. but with britain preparing to pull its troops out of afghanistan the u.k. is counting its losses in more ways than one more than four hundred british soldiers have been killed in a war which has so far cost the government a staggering seventeen billion pounds there's artie's explains the sun is raising a few eyebrows especially with those sturdy cuts being felt at home seventeen billion pounds the british government has just revealed that in the cost of that thirty five eleven war in afghanistan now is a very deal that the same time as a clear timetable was announced for troop withdrawal from the region but it's those seventeen billion pounds that are being spent that have been spent on the war and the existing defense
to bomb them as washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade. state is i mean creates. a time when the students celebrate their graduation in front of a replica of a mine pyramid those many around the globe brace themselves for the managed end of the world had to be dot com where we've lined up more stories and apocalypse updates. but with britain preparing to pull its troops out of afghanistan the u.k. is counting its losses in more ways than one more than four...
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it has been a tumultuous day in washington. both sides apparently in a total deadlock in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama is expected to make a statement on where things stand at any moment here. and with a preview we have fox businesses peter barnes. he is at the white house. peter what do we expect to hear? >> well, melissa, right now the president is finishing up on meeting with senate democratic leader harry reid who came down here to try to talk with the president with some strategy moving forward to avert the fiscal cliff. we expect the president to say that he still wants to get a deal with republicans to do that. that is still going to be time. however, that they will have to do it after the christmass3 holiday. the president plans, is planning to go to hawaii for christmas with his family. speaker boehner has left town. gone back to ohio. for the holiday. the senate is expected to come back on, on december 27th, the thursday next week, which is the earliest that they would be expected to get back to work
it has been a tumultuous day in washington. both sides apparently in a total deadlock in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama is expected to make a statement on where things stand at any moment here. and with a preview we have fox businesses peter barnes. he is at the white house. peter what do we expect to hear? >> well, melissa, right now the president is finishing up on meeting with senate democratic leader harry reid who came down here to try to talk with the president with...
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good afternoon love of the capital account i'm lauren mr here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama probably says he would veto meanwhile this has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call the economy i know this may all feel like day jobs bill.
good afternoon love of the capital account i'm lauren mr here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama probably says he would veto meanwhile this has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call the economy i know this may all feel like day jobs bill.
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you could play point. >> jon: you know what, i could play point on the washington generals. another thing you've done recently, you've started living on what's called the snap program, which is a food stamp program. you decided to live for a week on only what the city or the state affords you for food stamps. >> about $1.40 a meal. got into a fight on twitter with somebody saying the twitter... >> jon: sorry, you got into a fight over twitter. >> yeah. >> jon: you're on twitter? >> i am very much on twitter. it's another tool i have to communicate with voters, and i have about a million three followers. >> jon: oh, my god. i can't imagine. like "i got to go check my facebook page." "hey, who is that son of a bitch who poked me? hey, come on." so you communicate directly on twitter with constituents? >> yep. >> jon: don't they just flood you with vitriol? >> absolutely. that's the job of a public leader. you deal with complaints and people who are angry, but you find people will help you help the city. so i find out about water main breaks before my staff does. i find out abo
you could play point. >> jon: you know what, i could play point on the washington generals. another thing you've done recently, you've started living on what's called the snap program, which is a food stamp program. you decided to live for a week on only what the city or the state affords you for food stamps. >> about $1.40 a meal. got into a fight on twitter with somebody saying the twitter... >> jon: sorry, you got into a fight over twitter. >> yeah. >> jon:...
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interests in north korea because of a lack of diplomatic ties between washington and pyongyang. to become one of the world's industrial titans you need a workforce that's ready for anything of course but grim statistics in the heart of europe show millions of are also being left behind because they've got trouble reading and writing is artie's peter all of. germany and engineering giant a footballing colossus a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this. when i was younger and my friends asked if i wanted to play football i was avoiding it even though i wanted to i was afraid that i might have to read something and that would reveal my problem that i couldn't read or write properly statistics from the ministry of education suggest around seven and a half million germans are functionally illiterate and that means that they. but nothing more complex than that tim taylor fellner left school without the skills needed to get by in the world he turned to adult education and now works to help others everybody on the toughest part he says is getting people to
interests in north korea because of a lack of diplomatic ties between washington and pyongyang. to become one of the world's industrial titans you need a workforce that's ready for anything of course but grim statistics in the heart of europe show millions of are also being left behind because they've got trouble reading and writing is artie's peter all of. germany and engineering giant a footballing colossus a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this. when i was...
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. >>> developing news in washington president obama just nominated senator john kerry to join his cabinet. >>> scuffle over air jordans. bay area security guard hurt as hundreds try to get a pair of new shoes. . >>> developing news out of washington. president obama is nominating senator kerry to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. the president made the announcement moments ago. kerry served as chairman of the foreign relations commit -- committee. he lept to the front of the list for the job after u.n. ambassador rice withdrew her name last week. >>> in newark mall security guard was punched in the face over a scuffle of air jordans. large crowd rushing through the door a man was apprehended for hitting the guard during the shoe frenzy. the new sneakers went on sale in morning a raffle system was implemented. >> i'm only interested in two pairs someone should be held accountable. they send out 20, 30 pairs when it is going to be 100, 2 sometimes like they are trying to initiate some type of difficulty. >> the sneakers retail for $185, resalers are offering the shoes for as mu
. >>> developing news in washington president obama just nominated senator john kerry to join his cabinet. >>> scuffle over air jordans. bay area security guard hurt as hundreds try to get a pair of new shoes. . >>> developing news out of washington. president obama is nominating senator kerry to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. the president made the announcement moments ago. kerry served as chairman of the foreign relations commit -- committee. he lept...
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we're not closer to a deal in washington today. you can tell from the sell-off, investors do not like it. >> no, posting their largest decline since november 14th, in case you were wondering. although we are off the lows of the session right now. the dow was down 189 two hours into the trading session. we've come off those lows. but at this point, the dow is down 1% for the week and we are down 1% today at 13,173. nasdaq lower, as well. let's see how many percentage points we're down right now. down 1.25%. the technology sector is taking a bigger hit today. down to 3,012 on the nasdaq and the s&p 500 index is down 1% at 1428. . >> house speaker john boehner says he's still open to a offer from the democrats. >> it was a dramatic evening last night. john harwood was there. he has the latest on the on talks. are there any talks, john? >> i think so. but they're pretty muted. this bill was not win of those weeks that makes washington look good. come to think of it, there aren't many weeks that make washington look good. but this was e
we're not closer to a deal in washington today. you can tell from the sell-off, investors do not like it. >> no, posting their largest decline since november 14th, in case you were wondering. although we are off the lows of the session right now. the dow was down 189 two hours into the trading session. we've come off those lows. but at this point, the dow is down 1% for the week and we are down 1% today at 13,173. nasdaq lower, as well. let's see how many percentage points we're down...
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i want to show you a shot of washington. president obama will address fiscal cliff issues in about 30 minutes. we will take you there live to hear the president's comments on the fiscal cliff negotiations. >>> meanwhile, a mafs winter storm sweeping across the country once again. up next, find out which stocks could get forgot bite and which could benefit from this winter. coming up, break down the trade for you with "options actions. " card hassles? introducing chase liquid. the reloadable card that's easy to activate and can be used right away. plus, you can load cash or checks at any chase depositfriendly atm and checks right from your smartphone. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. . >>> winter strong draco shutting down flights out of on chicago. the weather channel's paul walsh joins us with the business impact here. paul, the holidays are a crucial time for many businesses. who is being impacted the most weekend? >> yeah. interestingly maria, the weather this year is largely impacting business by the weathe
i want to show you a shot of washington. president obama will address fiscal cliff issues in about 30 minutes. we will take you there live to hear the president's comments on the fiscal cliff negotiations. >>> meanwhile, a mafs winter storm sweeping across the country once again. up next, find out which stocks could get forgot bite and which could benefit from this winter. coming up, break down the trade for you with "options actions. " card hassles? introducing chase liquid....
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we have the latest on the talks from washington. mayans predicted the are world would end tomorrow, here in washington that doesn't seem to be creating urgency to get a fisal cliff deal. >> the president called on the house again and again to pass a bill to protect 98 pr of the american frem a tax hike. well... today we're going to do better than that. >> house speaker john boehner movering forward on plan b, extending the current tax rates for those making less than $1 million a year, 99.81% of americans. for the rest micking more than $1 million, tax rates go up. but if plan b doesn't addresssí spending cuts and today, president obama's spokesman was blunt. >> plan b, only thing the house of representatives, republicans and house are focused on how is a multi day exercise in futility. we dozl-iy not have the luxury f exercises in futility. >> boehner says he's done his part, white house andd0oÑ senate democrats haven't done their autos their plan b is to slow walk us over the fiscal cliff. >> the house is expected to vote tonigh
we have the latest on the talks from washington. mayans predicted the are world would end tomorrow, here in washington that doesn't seem to be creating urgency to get a fisal cliff deal. >> the president called on the house again and again to pass a bill to protect 98 pr of the american frem a tax hike. well... today we're going to do better than that. >> house speaker john boehner movering forward on plan b, extending the current tax rates for those making less than $1 million a...
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> > the market is having some difficulty kind of interpreting what is going on in washington, let alone the economy and what the impact is really going to be. i think that is the key right now. the market's reacted very positively overall to this potential resolution of the fiscal cliff. but, if you think about it on its surface, whatever the resolution is going to be, it's not going to be particularly good for the economy, at least probably over the next year or so. so, nonetheless, the market still feels that any resolution will give the ability for this market to continue to push higher based on reaction we are seeing in the market. however, i do want to add one caveat to that, which is over the course of the last couple days we have seen the vix actually creeping up as well. so now you are seeing volatility expectations creeping up in december. that is very unusual, even though the market is near the highs of the year. > dan, are you seeing any pockets of strength out there? real strength? > > yeah, you know, there are some areas out there. of course, right now the xlf would be the
> > the market is having some difficulty kind of interpreting what is going on in washington, let alone the economy and what the impact is really going to be. i think that is the key right now. the market's reacted very positively overall to this potential resolution of the fiscal cliff. but, if you think about it on its surface, whatever the resolution is going to be, it's not going to be particularly good for the economy, at least probably over the next year or so. so, nonetheless, the...
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and recesses tend to drive decisions in washington in the congress. and now you have a recess, significantly increased by a multiple of 10, probably, or 20 by the fact that we are heading into a fiscal cliff. so those two forcing mechanisms should cause the sides to come together and reach an agreement in my opinion, in addition it's also in their political interest to do that. it is time to govern. it's time toned the politics and time to govern. >> susie: you won't get any argument from most of the american opinion lech on that and you surely know the ways of washington. so we hope are you right on that i would like to switch gears, my last question to you because i understand just before the program you were telling me that you are on the board of intercontinental exchange, ice, that made this big acquisition for the nyse. this was a big deal for you guys. why is it so important? for you and for investors? >> well, first i think it's a good proposal and it will be very good for both companies. you're bringing together a lot of synergies here and a
and recesses tend to drive decisions in washington in the congress. and now you have a recess, significantly increased by a multiple of 10, probably, or 20 by the fact that we are heading into a fiscal cliff. so those two forcing mechanisms should cause the sides to come together and reach an agreement in my opinion, in addition it's also in their political interest to do that. it is time to govern. it's time toned the politics and time to govern. >> susie: you won't get any argument from...
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they came to washington to change washington, but their main concern is reelection and they don't want anybody saying you raised taxes or you tax anybody, even the uber rich. >> but congressman, i want to be clear here because people listed plan b and may not understand. we're talking about them protecting the rich and cutting food stamps, cutting medicaid, cutting medicare. i mean, hurting middle class people, hurting poor people. and they act like this is some badge of honor? >> well, al, you know, the sad thing is their main concern was defense. and while it's important we pay our soldiers and take care of our veterans, there's a lot of defense equipment that is unnecessary and expensive and really done for their contractors. that, they protected in their bill. they want to shred the safety net. their main thing is millionaires. bush attended some function up in new york and said that is he base. that is the base of the republican party. the uber wealthy. the coke brothers and all of those that fall in that upper echelon. they're getting a tax cut already with the president when he'
they came to washington to change washington, but their main concern is reelection and they don't want anybody saying you raised taxes or you tax anybody, even the uber rich. >> but congressman, i want to be clear here because people listed plan b and may not understand. we're talking about them protecting the rich and cutting food stamps, cutting medicaid, cutting medicare. i mean, hurting middle class people, hurting poor people. and they act like this is some badge of honor? >>...